After-tax profits of Hungarian security printing company ANY Nyrt. edged down 3.2% to HUF 1.54 billion last year as margins narrowed, according to an earnings report released late Monday by the Budapest Stock Exchange-listed firm.

After-tax profits of Hungaryʼs banking sector climbed 50% to HUF 632.4 billion last year, lifted by higher revenue from commissions and fees, freed-up risk provisions and the lower corporate tax rate, according to data released by the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) on Wednesday, summarized by state news wire MTI.

Net income of stock exchange-listed Hungarian building materials maker Masterplast rose 15% to EUR 2.65 million last year, lifted by improved sales and a reduction in the corporate tax rate, an earnings report released late Tuesday shows.

Investment services companies closed the year 2017 with combined net profit of more than HUF 6 billion, some 50% more than the preceding year, fresh data from the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) reveal. At the same time, costs increased more rapidly than revenues, noted a report by business news portal vg.hu.

Hungarian drugmaker Gedeon Richter said late on Monday it would book a HUF 42 billion impairment loss related to its uterine fibroid drug Esmya, which has come under scrutiny by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for potentially related liver damage. The Richter share price dropped on Tuesday on the news.